The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-12-23

Ing Prnaminen.
Amateur photography has made an.
other long stride forward. A new In
ventIon was displayed nt the meeting
Of the New York society. whose Wide
spread results can scarcely be con.
jeciured. by means of II photographs
Will henceforth be- taken as easily aud
accurately az night as In the daytime.
and the photographer will. Ia the bInck-
est darkness. be able 10 literally takr
an nnerrlng shot at his subject with q
photographIng gun.
Hitherto the only means of photo.
graphing at night have been by the
means of the Kerosene. cnleluin o.
electric lights. All Of these demanded
more OF less paraphernnllu aud wera
not portable To any available degree
Magnesium wire. when burned, waS
known 10 produce light Of strong
actinic quality. aud lamp has been
devised with which tu burn II for pho
tographic purposes II was not salts
factory light. however, rs II was nm
steady aud liable to go out From
magnesium. however. DIR. H. G. Pifarti
has devised exactly the thing desired.
IL Gonsists In powdered magnesium
spread npon guncotton. The ignition
Of the guncotton furnishes the heat
necessaryAto set fire to the magnesium
and the result is brilliant Hash. pow
eiful enough TO sufficiently expose the
plate and easily available under any
circumstances The photograph i Im-
stantaneuns The doctor first discussed
German powder invented for the
purpose. stating thnz while ~ light
effects were excellent its very explosive
quality made Il dangerous article
sither to handle or have about. He
next discussed and exhibited mixture
II four parts OF ganpowder and one
part Of magnesium. which. when
flashed. answered the purpose
desired. II was neither rs con-
venient nor effective. however.
as the guncotton combination. After
burning samples ~ these and showing
their effects. he fired cartridge ~
magnesium and gnnpowder from an
ordinary revolver. showing that the
lash WINS quite sufficient for an instan-
taneous photograph. He then pro-
cecded tu darken the room aud 10 pho
tagrnph Mr.. Robert Roosevelt. The
camera was adjusted. and as the cap
was removed the doctor touched =
match to a small piece az powdered
cotton. The light flashed IN the dark
ness. and when some minutes later the
developed plate appeared. an excellent
negative of Mr.. Roosevelt was the re-
suit Several portraits. taken the night
before. were exhibited. and the prac-
teal value OF che invention was indis-
putably established
The result will be that the amateur
photographer win henceforth GO a-gun-
ning in the darkness and lay out on a
plate every thing he may choose 20
shoot at The camera will be fitted to
pistol barrel or the pistol barrel 10
the camera. and cooking the weapon
will expose the plate AS soon as the
Weapon Ii aimed the flash from the
uuzzle will instantly serve to photo
graph the object. and the gnme will be
securely bagged In moment The
fleeing thief. the expression of man
who freads upon the unforeseen carpet
tack. as well as that Of the husband out
late who Is trying to assume an ex-
preston of indifferent sobriety before
ia lights the domestic gas. will now
adorn the albums. where they have
hitherto been unknown. Tho inven-
ion is valuable commercially, one pho
tographer stating that he had con-
eluded to make nse Of II In his gallery
Us soon as the winter sunlight began
TO weaken early in the afternoon. Il
will also greatly widen the fields of
amusement and experiment which
have attracted SO many thousands to
amateur Photography Y. Times.